Lonestar Crime

"No way," Eric and Judge said in unison. "Don't I get a say in this?" She asked. "No!" She scowled at the men. "I was put on Earth for a #purpose. I became a cop to help people. You don't get to tell me what I can and can't do." "It's too dangerous," Eric told her. *** Stevie stared the men down. "Too dangerous? Do you say that to a female #Soldier? Or firefighter? Or astronaut? You're not going to say that to me." I let myself smile a little. She would be the perfect person to join the cult and help us turn the women from the inside. *** I called the captain while they continued to argue. "Did you find what you were looking for?" He asked. "I have the bones and thousands of dollars in cash. I also think I have a #solution to a problem we didn't know we had." "Which is?" "How to get someone inside." *** "Inside the cult?" He asked. "Who'd be ins

"Do you think it'll work, the press conference?" "For a while, maybe, but we need to put our #pride aside and get help from wherever we can. Garcia, go work with Narcotics on the Jackson murder. Thibodeaux, I want you to check out leads on the Marcus murder and cult." *** "We work better together, sir," Jaci said. "That wasn't a #request, detective. Scoot! As for you," he looked at me, "do you have a lead?" "Mrs Marcus probably kept trophies of her kills in the house. The CSIs were only looking at the murder evidence." "Go find them." *** I knew how dangerous Mrs. Marcus and Pandora's Children were and needed an #ally to search the house. Jaci wasn't available, so I wanted the next best thing. My old mentor, Eric Albright. He was a sergeant in patrol. He'd refused promotions to detective to stay on patrol. *** "Hey Thibs, long time. What's up?" "I need your help," I said an